Freight-car-door cleat



(No Model.)

- G. L. WEBSTER.

FREIGHT GAR DOOE GLEAT.

No. 431,632 Patented July 8, 1890 121 17 ri yg.

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TATES ATENT men.

GEORGE L. WEBSTER, OF RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO THE HOMENOVELTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ELMER E. LAOEY, AND JOHN N. DENNY, ALL OFST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND W. S. NEWTON AND \VILLIAM BEAUVAIS, OF FORNEY,TEXAS.

FREIGHT-CAR-DOOR CLEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,632, dated July 8,1890. Application filed February 24, 1390. Serial No. 341,491. (Nomodel.)

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. WEBSTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Russellville, in the county of Pope and State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Freight-Oar-DoorCleat; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in IDthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is in the nature of certain improvements infreight-car-door cleats, designed to close the crack between the cardoorand the car-body, so as to prevent the loss of grain, and also preventthe entrance of rain or sparks of fire.

' It consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of aclosing-strip and its adj usting devices arranged at the rear edge ofthe door, as hereinafter shown and described.

- 2 5 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car-door A represents acar-door, which is arranged. to slide horizontally on guides on thecarbody, as usual. The rear edge of this door is provided with aclosing-strip B, which extends the vertical height of the door (aboutsix feet) and is about one and a quarter inch wide. This strip isattached to the edge of the-cardoor adjustably, so as to be projected atright angles to the plane of the car-door against the body of the car toclose the crack between. For making this connection journal-plates a arescrewed to the top and middle of the edge of the door, and bent V-shapedrods 1) form double hinge-pins, one leg of which is arranged in thejournal-plate a, and the other leg of which is arranged in theclosing-strip B and forms an axis parallel to the first. This hingedconnection causes the strip to swing with a parallel motion to or fromthe car-body. To adjust and hold it to the carbody, a plate 0 is fixedto the car-door and has a screw-threaded hole, through which therepasses the threaded shank of a crankscrew d. The inner end of thecrank-screwhas abutton or head e, that swivels in the undercut slot of acasting f, which is embedded in the closing-strip. The axis of thecrank-screw is somewhat inclined to adapt it to the rise of the strip inclosing. When this crankscrew is turned up,it willbe seen that it screws(in connection with the double hinge-pins above) to force the striptightly against the car-door, this securely closing the crack. The greatadvantage of this device is that it requires to be manipulated at asingle point only, for by turning the crank-screw the entire strip isequally adjusted to close the crack. 6 5

I claim 1. The combination, with a car-door, of the strip B, thehinge-plates a, and double hingepins 2), said hinge-plates being securedto said car-door, and said hinge-pins at one end being journaled in saidhinge-plates and at the other end in said strip, substantially as shownand described.

2, The combination, with a car-door, of the strip B, the hinge-plates a,double hinge-pins b, screw-plate c, crank-screw d, with button (2, andplate f, with undercut slot toreceive the button of the screw,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a car-door, of the strip B, having plate f,Withundercut slot, the screw-plate c, and the crank-screw (Z, pass ingthrough the screw-plate and having a button on its end swiveling in theundercut slot, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturei presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE L. WEBSTER.

Witnesses:

HUGH M. THOMPSON, L. A. BROWN.

